co

Other forms of co

plural

coes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about co

What does co mean?

co means "an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in co?

co has 1 syllable: co. In IPA it is /ˈkoʊ/.

What is another word for co?

Close synonyms include carbon monoxide, carbon monoxide gas, cobalt, atomic number 27, conscientious objector. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is co a common word?

co is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with co?

17 words rhyme with co. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.